FILE - A merchant holds up a sign with a message that reads in Spanish: "Current government, We need dollars!" during a protest in La Paz, Bolivia, May 17, 2024. With prices surging, dollars scarce and lines snaking away from fuel-strapped gas stations, protests in Bolivia have intensified over the economy's precipitous decline. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
FILE - A supporter attends the Movement for Socialism or MAS party convention to elect a new leader to replace former President Evo Morales, in El Alto, Bolivia, May 4, 2024. President Luis Arce and his one-time ally, ex-President Evo Morales, are battling for the future of MAS ahead of the presidential election in 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
FILE - Bolivia's President Luis Arce, center, attends a ritual in honor of "Pachamama," or Mother Earth, to mark Arce's third year of government, in La Paz, Bolivia, Nov. 8, 2023. Arce had been ex-President Evo Morales' finance minister who oversaw years of strong growth and low inflation, but assuming the presidency in 2020, he encountered a bleak economic reckoning from the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
FILE - Bolivian Finance Minister Marcelo Montenegro speaks during a press conference in La Paz, Bolivia, Feb. 20, 2024. With prices surging, dollars scarce and lines snaking away from fuel-strapped gas stations, protests in Bolivia have intensified over the economy's precipitous decline. Seeking to ease investor fears, Montenegro denies there is any crisis. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
FILE - Sen. Simona Quispe, center, of the ruling party Movement for Socialism or MAS, attends a meeting of lawmakers with former President Evo Morales, in La Paz, Bolivia, March 5, 2024. President Luis Arce and Morales are battling for the future of MAS ahead of the presidential election in 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
FILE - Former President Evo Morales speaks during a press conference in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, April 11, 2024. President Luis Arce and Morales are battling for the future of Bolivia’s Movement for Socialism ahead of the presidential election in 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
FILE - Supporters of Bolivian President Luis Arce hold signs that read in Spanish, "Lucho you are not alone" during a march in support of the government, in La Paz, Bolivia, June 17, 2024. Arce and his one-time ally, former President Evo Morales, are battling for the future of Bolivia's splintering Movement for Socialism ahead of elections in 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
FILE - Merchants shout slogans during an anti-government march against the banks' lack of U.S. dollars, in La Paz, Bolivia, June 17, 2024. With prices surging, dollars scarce and lines snaking away from fuel-strapped gas stations, protests in Bolivia have intensified over the economy's precipitous decline. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
FILE - A stencil graffiti of former President Evo Morales adorns a peeling wall in La Paz, Bolivia, June 14, 2024. President Luis Arce and his one-time ally, Morales, are battling for the future of Bolivia's splintering Movement for Socialism, known by its Spanish acronym MAS, ahead of elections in 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
FILE - Soldiers stand guard at a gas station following a government order for the military to monitor gas stations and borders to prevent the illegal departure of fuel and food, in La Paz, Bolivia, June 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
FILE - Pedestrians walk by a currency exchange shop in La Paz, Bolivia, June 12, 2024. With prices surging, dollars scarce and lines snaking away from fuel-strapped gas stations, protests in Bolivia have intensified over the economy's precipitous decline. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
FILE - Supporters of Bolivia's President Luis Arce wave Wiphala flags during an event marking the 29th anniversary of the ruling party, Movement Toward Socialism, MAS, in La Paz, Bolivia, March 28, 2024. Arce and his one-time ally, former President Evo Morales, are battling for the future of MAS, ahead of elections in 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)